Seymour Duncan 6-String Bridge Pickups 2012, 12 Model Comparison, Metal Rhythm
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2024
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www.keithmerrow...
This is like the "Nyancat" of guitar videos. Haha, sorry for the repetition. I'm just trying to give the most solid comparison that I can. Using the same guitar, same amp tone, same mix and eq, and same riffs, are the only way to do this accurately, IMO. All of these pickups would most likely sound great if I were to dial in the amp, according to how the pickup reacts to the guitar. But, for the sake of consistency, the amp settings are exactly the same on every clip so you can hear the tonal variations between them IN THIS GUITAR.
Keep in mind- These pickups are all going to sound different depending on the guitar and amp you're using. A pickup that sounds good (or not good) in this guitar, might sound completely different in yours. The guitar used in this video has an extremely prominent midrange tone (almost to a fault). The baritone used here was rather picky! The result: a couple of the models clearly aren't a good choice for this guitar. However, a few of them compliment the tone, nicely . Which ones are your favorites?
Pickups-
Seymour Duncan
www.seymourdunc...
Full mix-
Distortion 0:06 - 1:02
Full Shred 1:03 - 1:59
Invader 1:59 - 2:55
JB 2:56 - 3:53
Alternative 8 3:54 - 4:49
59/Custom Hybrid 4:52 - 5:46
Custom 5:46 - 6:42
Dimebucker 6:42 - 7:39
EMTY Blackout 7:40 - 8:36
Blackout Metal 8:36 - 9:33
Blackout Standard 9:33 - 10:30
Gus G 10:30 - 11:27
Guitar only (2 tracks L/R)
Distortion 11:27
Full Shred 11:38
Invader 11:49
JB 12:00
Alternative 8 12:10
59/Custom 12:22
Custom 12:32
Dimebucker 12:43
EMTY 12:54
Blacout Metal 13:05
Blackout STD 13:16
Gus G 13:27
Guitar-
Strictly 7 Guitars "Cobra" Baritone 6-string. 27.5" scale, mahogany body, koa top, maple neck, ebony fretboard. Tuned drop Bb.
www.s7guitars.com/
Amp-
Rhodes Colossus H-100
www.rhodesampli...
DAW-
Presonus Studio One Pro (v2)
www.presonus.com
Signal chain- S7 guitar - Rhodes Amp - Randall ISOcab - SM57 - Profire 610 - Presonus S1 Pro (guitars are high and low passed).
this is nothing less than the greatest pickup comparison ever posted to youtube.
And maybe the best riff ever written. ALSO Merrow is a god to be that consistent
The short version. I appreciated it, actually made it easier to pick em apart. Also the camera angle made it easier to cop this F-n riff thats been eating my brain since the original vid came out. This is the final jeopardy music for the apocalypse. Congrats...
Imagine thinking this is actually not a sale pitch for sd.
Imagine not realising everyone knows that
i can listen to this forever
This is exactly how a pickup comparison should be. especially the last 3 minutes with the guitar only. In this video everyone could here the big differences between the individual pickups. Great job guys
I totally agree...I like Ryan Bruce's videos, but in his EMG comparison for instance he had one riff he played the 57/66 and Het Set on, and another riff he did the 81 and 81X on. Really wasn't a four-way comparison as the riffs were pretty different.
And again, the guy seems swimming in gear, so you try going around looking at say Lace pickups, and every video is a different guitar, overdrive pedal, amp, post EQ (he at least is good about sharing all that info) and it's about useless if you're trying to use his vids to compare a Nitro Hemi, Wino, Drop N Gain, Heshers, and Deathbucker, for instance. Different styles, riffs, amps, eq settings, everything. It's okay for gear whore GAS induction, but less than ideal for apples to apples comparisons.
This video was great, because for my money the classics - SH5 Custom & SH6 Distortion - are KILLING it for my money for what I want. And I already own both. Keith, you just saved me some moolah!
0:00 Intro
0:06 Distortion (Full Mix)
1:02 Full Shred (Full Mix)
1:58 Invader (Full Mix)
2:56 JB (Full Mix)
3:52 Alternative 8 (Full Mix)
4:50 '59 / Custom Hybrid (Full Mix)
5:46 Custom (Full Mix)
6:43 Dimebucker (Full Mix) **My Fav**
7:40 EMTY Blackout (Full Mix)
8:37 Blackout Metal (Full Mix)
9:33 Blackout Standard (Full Mix)
10:30 Gus G. Fire Blackout (Full Mix)
11:27 Distortion (Isolated)
11:38 Full Shred (Isolated)
11:49 Invader (Isolated)
11:59 JB (Isolated)
12:10 Alternative 8 (Isolated)
12:21 '59/Custom Hybrid (Isolated)
12:32 Custom (Isolated)
12:44 Dimebucker (Isolated) **My Fav**
12:55 EMTY Blackout (Isolated)
13:05 Blackout Metal (Isolated)
13:16 Blackout Standard (Isolated)
13:27 Gus G. Fire Blackout (Isolated)
13:38 DAW View
That Riff makes every pickup sound amazing.
That must have been A TON of work.
Very nicely done. This is some of the best advertising imaginable.
The JB and the 59/Custom Hybrid sound the best to me, they have a lot more mass than the others.
I hope you got paid for this, fuck changing 12 sets of pups to record one demonstration!
he also changed the pontetiometers to demostrate the blackouts
Sounds incredible 10 years later
I have the Distortion, Nazgul and JB installed in 3 of my guitars and can honestly say the Distortion is the best for metal by a noticable margin. If you are looking for a slightly warmer very versatile pickup that can do rock and metal, go for the JB.
The clarity of the Dimebucker is a wowser
Indeed, I have one in one of my axes and its a very bright sounding pickup.
Sounds like it doesn't have any mid range.
Oh,its got mids
I bought a dimebucker equiped RR3 years back and hated it because it's so shrill (it's also setup with just a a volume and no tone circuit so it's like an audio ice pick of death)... now going back to it I realized I was just butthurt that it made my sloppy playing more pronounced (on top of being too stupid to tweak my EQ settings) haha Now I double track that guitar along with either my Evo equiped strat or semi hollow with a Breed and it's a massive fucking sound.
Glad you have improved in playing and knowledge of equipment....rock on!
59/custom hybrid is my favorite
I agree. Sounds really great!
Cool story.
Yea, WTH? What strange wizardry is this? I'm scared, going to lie in my tub of JBs till the world makes sense again...
59/Custom wins, second one maybe Distortion. It seems that most "metal" pickups sound quite thin and hollow... (scooped mids?)
I chose the JB
gives a totally new feeling to my distortion, love it!
I am not even looking to buy pickups. I just want to listen to this riff on loop which is one of the greatest metal riffs of all time.
The song is Pillars of Re-Creation by Keith Merrow
I want the tabs to this crazy riff, i can't stop hearing it on repeat !!!!
59/custom wins for me here. sounds like the JB with a bit more low end.
The jb has gotten every bridge slot I've had since 95... FINALLY a worthy contender is amongst us... I love a good scrap, let's get in ON!
Unlike guitar solo's this is something you can listen to infinitely
Arsam Khalilian Fake Pickup. Believe me. I know the best pickups.
Arsam Khalilian I’m surprised amps were swapped tho (I know it went along with the genre). Makes sense for genre specific players, but how would a Sentient sound in a Mesa Roadstar? Instead of TripRec? Same amp. Possibly an off/on Screamer or something? But...I totally appreciate the value of this. INCREDIBLY! Fucking awesome! And, yes. Absolutely something you can listen to repeatedly without losing it. Good shit!!
Ive listened to this so much that keith should play something else from now on..
Much unlike other people's comments, I can stare at your comment to infinity. After staring at your comment for over 700 hours, it downed on me, "I can reply". Now I'm going back to staring at your comment.
I regularly come here just to listen to the riff. Fucking sick.
I wish more companies showcased their products in a similar way.
This is amazing and really helped me to get properly oriented before buying.
Thank you to the people at Seymour Duncan who made this!
Thanks a ton for taking the time to film this, and all of the soldering and string changing you did to make this happen. Helped me out a TON on selecting a new pickup.
Through YOUR stuff, I liked the distortion and gus g. They really stood out and had more character, imo.
I was actually quite surprised and to my ears the 59/Custom hybrid was extremely well suited to this guitar in terms of what I like to hear in a metal sound. Very well balanced. The Alternative 8 was disappointing to me. The JB didn't suit this guitar, way too much mids. Wasn't too fussed about any of the blackouts.
Thank you for making possibly the best guitar video ever.
I chose, after watching this vid, the Hybrid/59 because it seems to have the best sounding tone (passive).
That tone is awesome. Heavy as shit with a nicely pronounced midrange. The Distortion's my favorite, but I liked most of the others, too. The only one I really didn't like was the Dimebucker.
Funny thing is I liked the Dimebuckers better than anything else here.
@@TrickyPickins Yea same. The dimebucker was bright and zesty. Me like.
Man, that is one tasty riff!
Please make part 2 with all those pickups but with the Nazgûl and Black Winter too.
And some clean phrasing would be great too!!
he did an updated comparison with all of the pickups in this comparison and he added the Nazgul, Mark Holcomb Omega, Pegasus, Custom 5 and Dave Mustaine Live Wire. but without the 59 custom hybrid, AHB2 and Gus G
Hey Keith, I'm not sure if you'll see this or not but I notice in this video you manage to have each pickup sound very distinct and clearly different, while in a full mix and even at low quality settings on RUclips.
A lot of other similar videos (even from other well known names) make the differences very hard to hear, even isolated and listening carefully. Any idea what you did right to accentuate these differences?
The Distortion had some delicious palm muting
Cool story.
wow! that's a really nice song! do you mind telling me what kind of metal is this and perhaps which bands to look up? tnx in advance! great chops and sounds!!
1. JB
2. 59/Custom Hybrid
Ten years later and I’ve learned, it depends on the application for the song. For the style of this song and in the band mix, the distortion, dimebucker and invader fit the best. Second would be the JB for its ability to stand out so well-especially with single notes. Maybe some eq to clear the congestion a bit and open it up would do wonders. Third is the A8. It’ sounds scooped but still present/not lost and has a very unique character that still fits the songs vibe.
The JB and the Custom 59 sound best to my ears.. maybe it's the spuds.
But I have taken my JB out of my Les Paul, and tested it in my Strat, and it sounds thinner, got to be the different wood in the body and neck.
Then you have the amps, so it's not just Pups, it a mix of all the above.
IMO, you need to match your Pups to the your style, and guitars wood.
PS.. you do need an ear for tone, your not going to be able to just throw a Pup in a guitar and have amazing tone.
Not the wood. Proved in all tests to this day that it does not make any difference at all. Probably has something to do with the potentiometers on the Strat, if I'm not mistaken strats usually have 250k pots and LPs have 500k or the reverse.
250k pots lower the frequency, so it reduces the amount of highs you get, if i would have went with a 500k, it would have been even brighter, so there has to be something else to make the tone change, the Strat has a swamp ash body, maple neck, huge jumbo frets, and a different style bridge than the LP, LP has mahogany neck, and body with a maple cap. it's not a huge difference, but you hear the different tones very easy.
I'm no rocket scientist, but you can take a LP, and Strat off the shelf, switch out the pups, and still not get a Strat to sound like a LP, or LP to sound like a Strat.
That's on the pots. Experiments conducted showed that if nothing else but the wood changes (the specific one I'm mentioning the guy just moved everything, even the neck and the electronics and strings), there is no tone change at all. And there would be no reason to be a tone difference, I guess, if it did there would be a difference from when you play with the guitar against your body or not, as there is in acoustic guitars which also sound different according to the wood because it is the wood that emanates sound, but the electric the sound is captured directly from the strings. Traditionally it was thought that the science was the same, wood = tone too in electrics, but this was proven wrong lately, but manufacturers never stopped with the claims, mainly Gibson, because many people would go to the seven hells after a mahogany even if it was expensive as fuck, and many people did experiments on this that were done wrong and kept the myth up (like the Rob Chapman video where he grabs two different guitars that have different sound and claims it was from the wood).
But wood quality is still important as it defines if the guitar is really solid, if it responds well to temperature changes, if it maintains tune well, if it handles a string gauge well, and other things.
Not saying wood makes a difference, but just what the guitars are made from to compare, the only thing that was switch was the pickup, and it sounded different, why doesn't fat Strats sound like a LP's.?
I dig the Distortion, 59 Hybrid and the Invader. Which one to pick? I have a Distortion on my Les Paul so maybe I'll give the other two a try just to have variety.
I need the tab of these riffs! :D
BTW I prefer Alternative 8, cause of that tasty fat glitchy sound while picking! awesome!
I have to say, the distortion had real bite and sounded distinctive per notes. Since it was played before the fullshred, totally hear it being pretty much a better pup.
Invader!
Mr. Merrow, as always great tunes played by a great player. Two questions, first is a 2 parter, what do you use to wrap around the neck at the nut? Is it available to purchase and what is its exact purpose? Secondly, you have a great thick tone with good bottom end and yet it cuts through the mix and retains rediculous clarity. My question is how do you manage to get that balance?
Distortion or Custom for me.
Emrah Otlu 59!
Gilbert X well custom does it very well too :)
Love the demo Keith, and that's some playing! What was the amp and speakers used please? Also, any pedals used in addition to flavour the sound? Cheers!
Wow... sick guitar playing and sound
So 'Pillars of Creation' can be played on 6 strings guitar too! I need tabs!
Alternative 8 for playing lead, custom for playing rhythm
Wow! The Dimebucker sounds awesome. Has a lot of cut. I can't believe people don't appreciate it. I like the JB and 59/Custom Hybrid too for that mid presence, but they don't have as much high end.
59/custom hybrid. Difficult to handle but for me, the best sound ;)
I have the Alternative 8 on a LTD EC-200QM (Agathis Body), and I must say, I don't know if it's the weird wood/pup combination or what, but the sound is just badass. I mean, *really* badass.
Love them, hope to get a nice recording interface to show you. When recorded with my little POD it sounds like a regular *but still badass* guitar.
Great review, and really awesome riff. Thanks man.
59/custom hybrid for me !
Absolutely yes
What a great comparison video! This is how it should be done. My favorites are the Custom and 59/Custom Hybrid, I'm between these two for my Strat. I also like the JB and have them in my Schecter. Full Shred, Alternative 8, Dimebucker...yuck, not my thing.
I think the Distortion sounded the best by far. I was planning to put a new JB in my guitar but after watching this video I'm definitely going to go with the Distortion it sounded much better.
Hey, what are your opinions on the SD Dave Mustaine Livewires? I've been tempted to get a set for a Warmoth Switchback Flying V project (to make a custom "copy" of the Dave Mustaine Y2KV, hopefully), but I've only been able to see one or two or so videos of the pickups in action, and I've read that the pickups are hard to install, so I don't know much about them. I know that they say that the pickups are voiced to be like a JB/Jazz set, but as with passives and actives, they're not necessarily going to sound exactly the same. So I was just wondering (not just for you Keith, if you've used them, but for the rest of the RUclipsrs here) what the L-MUST pickups are truly like, both in installation and tone.
Ijust noticed, that guitar has 26 fretts
+Jeff Cantrell It has a long neck.. Long one...
baritone men
Keith Merrow, can the DIs be downloaded somewhere? I have some experiments I'd like to run, and your work here would give excellent data to work with.
Jesus... The Alt-8 and the Dime sound like they're coming to eat me.
was drop c tuning?
This video makes a huge difference!!! It was very educational!!!
I think I've watched this video about 50 times since it was posted. It never gets old, and it always kicks so much ass. Love it.
where can I learn this riff?! Its badass!
www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/keith-merrow-pillars-of-creation-tab-s86011t0
BurningStapler Thank you!
BurningStapler Can I have your babies for sending us all that link?
BurningStapler thanks a lot for this!
Thanks but I learned it a long time ago.
It is so great how most people can agree on the compact performance of distortion.
I just noticed that at about halfway through this video, I had the biggest grin on my face. I could listen to this all day.
What a riff!!! Still so good years later.
by the way, after this video, I bought a DIMEBUCKER, and now my guitar sounds like HELL.
Thank you :D
Hi Keith - What would u say is closest to the Dimebucker for a 6 string? I've got a mate with a dead/faulty DimeBucker,and I need to find him an 'emergency plan B (no more stock!) ... was thinking the Distortion,but I know the DB has a lot of "sizzle"
He's playing F Rose equipped Jacksons (tho he doesnt use the trem) thru a JCM900 doing fast heavy (sometimes detuned up to C) deathy stuff btw ... love this video!
Getting my Horizon with 59/custom this week. Sounds promising (from an EMG player.)
Did you get the white E-II? That’s what I got.
@@joshbarnes6759 No DKSB went for more traditional look.
Keith awesome song btw ...which pickup do you favor as of the bunch that would work for basswood guitar ...\-/ Cheers mate
any one tab this out yet?
i would appreciate it!
thanks!
sounds awesome
I just brought the dime bucker for my N2 to replace the Bill Lawrence in there, cant wait for it to come, very expensive pickup, and as im useless with a soldering iron, im gonna have to have it fitted too, so even more money, ive got an Seymour Duncan SH1N in the neck at the moment, but really miss my DiMarzio Air Norton, so im going to have those swapped back over at the same time, amazing riff by the way, what track is that, or is it your own ?
This really helped me. I really don't like the Alternative 8 haha.
To me, the Alternative 8 sounds like someone dialed off all of the bass, scooped the mids , and cranked the treble on their amp. In other words, a hair dryer
Then again, I just watched another hot pickup comparison video and the alt 8 sounded better there.
He had better recording equipment for the newer video and to me it looks like I'll be either getting Alt8, Nazgul or Black Winter :D
timoteus96 Awesome! I went with the Invader.
I don't know what about the Invader puts me off a little :D Maybe it's the poles. BTW, on this video the Distortion and Active Blackouts Bridge sounds quite the same in the mix while they sound different on their own :D
My heart has been set on Invaders (had them in a guitar I had to sell due to hard times), but hearing the JB and Distortion, I can't choose. The Invader sounds "fuller", but the JB sounds like it has a bit more body and the Distortion seems to be hotter with better mid. Hard to choose.
Dimebucker ! Amazing
This video is a good way to figure out which pickup pairs well with the construction of the guitar you're planning on putting it in and what you want out of your tone. Want to tame the brightness of a maple-necked bolt-on? JB is probably a good choice. Want a fat low end? The alternative 8 is your pickup. Like squealing harmonics in your distortion? The blackouts are a good choice.
I think the Distortion and the Gus G fit the guitar and amp settings the best, with a slight edge to the Gus for having a slightly "tighter" sound to my ears/preferences.
Firstly, thanks Keith for this wonderful piece ("Pillars of Creation").
Overall the SH-16 owns this showdown. It is also really versatile in other settings (clean, lead, tapped, etc).
I don't understand how anyone can like the Dimebucker. Perhaps our dearly departed genius had a hearing disorder? (I engineered once for a guitarist who really had a hard time hearing treble and was only happy when treble was set to 11 and was stripping the paint off nearby woodwork).
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+xxxnstuffxxx I think Dimebuckers have their place in extended range guitars like the one used in this video, the higher treble would be less pronounced and still retain some of the nice harmonics. (Dimebag pinches)
Yeah I know I put the dimebucker in a guitar and was really disappointed! I also bought his distortion pedal and hated it as well. although his signature crybaby is awesome! I love dime but I guess I don't love his sound. on the other hand I put a duncan distortion in a cheap guitar and it ripped! made a cheap guitar sound killer!
Ah well, don't hate the man. He didn't even use the Dimebucker and he had nothing to do with those shitty distortion pedals with his signature. To get his tone you need to get the amps he used along the EQ racks.
Nobody was hating Dimebag! Hell no! But just because we love him doesn't mean he had no flaws. This was probably the least of 'em. ;)
hey keith amazing riff.....what tuning did u use for ur guitar..??
There's something about that JB.. ;)
Check out a Bill Lawrence 500xl. It will eat up that JB all damn day...Actually, it will eat up all these pick ups. The best pick up I have ever used in 40 years of playing...And, you can't beat it for 64.00 bucks...
I will do that if I get the opportunity :)
Eddie Steele
I agree, and the Wilde (bill lawrence the person, not bill lawrence usa) 500xl was the pickup that Duncan reverse engineered to create the Dimebucker. Wilde / Keystone (Bill and Becky Lawrence's pickups) are hands-down the best pickups for the money I've ever experienced. I have Keystone true single coils in my strat and tele copies and they never fail to freak out my friends who have super-high-dollar guitars with boutique pickups. You don't have to pay a ton for great tone. Those 500xl pickups are the bomb, and they sound totally gorgeous clean as well!
jamasters62 Bareknuckle Juggernaut. That's it.
Are these riff from a song?
Anyway the one I like most is the JB, but i also appreciate the others because... they all have a particular tone whereby I can find a good use, except for the Dimebucker that I find so useless
Pillars of Creation, his own song
dont be sorry for the repetition when this song is fucking awesome ! !!
I'm a year late but I would just like to sincerely thank you for this, I think every pickup buyer says "well I want X output, but which?" and this is just 15 minutes of excellence for that
Distortion was the most balanced with the custom being a close second.
The alternative 8 is my favorite and is just so damn fun to listen to.
The Gus G blackout was the only good blackout
JB is for grunge and more set it and forget it metal tone
the invader is so overrated. so compressed you can actually hear the noise in the background....
+cave digger Agreed. Alternative 8 has very unique sounding midrange. All the other pickups sound the same with slightly different EQ.
Hey Keith, looking to buy some heavy passive pickups for a guitar I'm making.Swamp Ash Jazzmaster body. Looking at either Nazgul/Sentient or Pegasus/Sentient. Not sure which to go for, don't want it to be super bright. Looking for a good rhythm pickup with good lows and chug factor. Which pickup would you say would suit Swam Ash better?
DIMEBUCKER!!!!! for sure, have one loaded in my Jackson, kills
Dude....Beyond THANK YOU for this video. AWESOME to hear the differences between the pick-ups FINALLY in one place!! Those JBs are as sweet as it gets....Love them!!!
Not for nothing, but to my ears, the Distortion and JB sound best. Would those be alright to fit into a Jackson JS32 Quilted Arch Top Dinky with basswood body (rosewood fretboard)? I'm thinking either of those and a SH-2 Jazz in the neck and I'm golden.
Is that Jackson a good guitar ? I dont have lots of money and need a decent 2nd guitar. Im used to play Ibanez guitars, is the feel of the neck similar ?
infernapeDLS Hey man, to be honest, I had an Ibanez once and didn't like it all that much. The neck was great, everything else not so much. This Jackson JS32Q Dinky is AWESOME. Has many features that the much more expensive lines carry. Solid guitar. The neck is a dream to play on. I'm switching the pickups in two days to a PATB-1 set which is the savior of floyd-rose equipped guitars. I recommend this guitar and if you switch the pickups and get a good setup, you will have a guitar that compares in sound and playability to the ones that cost over $1000.00. Trust me.
socialdef3 Yeah I think its personal preference, But yeah my cheap 6 string Ibanez plays better than the 450$ RGA7, so price is not really what makes a guitar feel good, But I might buy that Jackson coz it looks good and has everything I need
Take advantage, its probably cheaper where you're at, I paid $400+ here in S. America! If you change the pickups you'll have a great playing guitar. If worse comes to worse, you can sell it.
i had excellent results with both the full shred and the distortion in my js32t kelly, but mine is the old one with the indian cedro body. never had a jb in the bridge position, can't say anything about it. full shred is a veeeery tight, but very fat tone and the leads are to die for, and the sh6 is just pure mayhem. more output, less refinement, just raw brutality. never tried the sh2 in the jackson, but the one in my schecter tends to be a bit boring i think, and not very reactive to the way you pick. if you can find one, the full shred's neck version is the best neck pickup i ever tried, worked wonderfully in both my schec and my jackson.
Was it just the bridge pickups being changed? I've just bought an Ibanez rg721fm and was looking at the Alternative 8s, not sure what pickups would go with this in the neck?
I play music similar to august burns red if anyone has any suggestions I'm pretty new to this.
i can listen to this riff all my life
i also have a baritone 6string your core sounds damn good.what sizes are you using the string ?
Winners SH-5 and SH-6
Best pickup demo hands down.. period. Perfect playing to demonstrate. You've gained a new follower.
Cheers.
Certainly picked a good guitarist for the demo. And that riff damn, never even got bored of it.
Refreshing they put so much effort in to a really nice demo like that.
Signal chain- S7 guitar - Rhodes Amp - Randall ISOcab - SM57 - Profire 610 - Presonus S1 Pro (guitars are high and low passed)..... Input - empty... toggle switch - off... Keith? You recorded a profile "shot through emulation in Kempfer" ?
personally a fan of the dimebucker!
I'm curious, why do you like the scooped mids sound?
Not replying on the guys behalf, but I like it because they have meaner character. You can boost the mids on a naturally scooped pickup and it'll sound very different to a pickup with more natural mids. If you compare a JB and a Dimebucker but boosted the dimebucker mids to the same level as the JB, they would indeed sound very different.
Yeah, I liked that too, and I don't know jack shit about sounds, I just like the sound of it.
It's when the demos are right beside each other you get a true taste of the comparison. Love it
beast as fuck riff
as always this is awesome
DimebuckeROAR
I can't decide between the Alternative 8 or Dimebucker, they both have a really clear sharp sound which I love, hate it when it sounds like its underwater or behind closed door, I need a sharp sound xD But I can't decide!
Andrew Kelley Same here, man. Tough decisions.
best pickups comparison I have ever seen
alternative 8 WOWWWWW
Woww you have your guitar tuned to get rid of the 3rd and make the guitar all 4ths? that's really cool
Distortion was so much more balanced than most.
Cool story.
@@ezeudoezikeuzor9970 its actually true if youre not listening with your head up your ass
And custom
@@ezeudoezikeuzor9970 get a life.
Custom hybrid sounds just like the less input distortion. Both absolutely great
Keith how do you like the Custom Custom? I haven't seen it talked about much
Anyone on here have first hand exp of the Full Shred? Your thoughts? let me kno
in my experience, it's a bit more open and balanced than in this vid. it's pretty tight and clear, a little less aggressive (less of that midrange grit) by metal-pickups standards, and could use a little bit more low end though that's nothing an amp and/or proper pedals can't fix. i like that extra clarity and tightness and think it's perfect for lower tunings. it just loves thicker strings (D'arradios 13-62 tuned to C or B for example sound awesome)
chassless
Yea thats good to hear, I like the midrange boost on it. The output is not very high? I think im gonna get it
chassless
It sounds higher in mids but lower in output = great for solos
chassless Nice man.
buddahmaster output is rather high, on paper it's on-par with the other SD high output humbuckers, but since it doesn't really have any true frequency spike and lacks a tiny bit low end, it feels like it's a little lower output. i really very much love it, i'd recommend it if you downtune
That's an interresting and usefull initiative. And it's a fu##ing success !
Personnally, love the old school / heavy metal / middy tone of the Distortion. Wether it's a Di M. or Seymour D., you can never be disappointed by a mic when there's "Distortion" in it's name !